I’m fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars’ ~ Colin Firth

Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley on the set of 'Pride & Prejudice.' Joe Wright's adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, nominated for four Oscars including a Best Actress nomination for Knightley #2005 #JaneAusten

Sense will always have attractions for me ~ Jane Austen

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure ~ Jane Austen

I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on until I am ~ Jane Austen

Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love ; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall ~ Jane Austen

Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention ~ Jane Austen

For my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short ~ Jane Austen

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions ~ Jane Austen

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions ~ Jane Austen

Is not general incivility the very essence of love? ~ Jane Austen

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment ~ Jane Austen

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” ~ Jane Austen

…but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short ~ Jane Austen

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do” ~ Jane Austen #InternationalWomansDay

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope ~ Jane Austen

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me ~ Jane Austen

When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library ~ Jane Austen

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions ~ Jane Austen